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Monsoon Musings 2018

Monsoon Musings - A Platform for Young Budding Talents

A report by the STAY United Youth Community, Kamraj
Nagar

Our hearts swell with gratitude to the
Greatest Musician of All Times-our Lord God-for the resounding success of Monsoon
Musings - an evening of music- held on 25th August, Saturday, at Holy
Family Parish Hall, Chembur.

It was organized by the STAY United (StAnthony's Youth
United) NYG, Kamraj Nagar of our parish.

This event was designed with the following
specific goals in mind:

- to boost our young
talents and appreciate them

- to revive the charm
of good music

- to treat serious
music lovers to some fine, original music

The budding talents
from all three parishes of Chembur - Holy Family, Our Lady of Perpetual
Succour, and St Sebastian's won many hearts. The hall packed with
music lovers were treated to brilliant piano recitals by
school-going children, namely, Aashna Fernandes, Adrian Menezes, Alisha
Almeida, Arnold Almeida, Chanel Farias, Gilchrist D'Souza, Joanna Bara, Joshua
Lewis, Malvika Kasturirangan, Michelle Rodrigues, and college
students-Neville Roydon, and Sophia D'Souza. Salut d'Amour by Edward Elgar, Solfeggietto
by CPE Bach, Symphony No. 29 in A Major:
Allegro moderato by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, La Cucaracha, Pink Panther,
Malagueña, and As the deer were some of the piano pieces presented. The sublime rendition
of Ave Maria by Giulio Caccini
was a special tribute to our Late Fr Ashlyn Fonseca whose
one-year-death anniversary we were observing on that day. The glorious
soprano arias by Renée Philip and Rupa Pimenta accompanied by
Dionne Gonsalves Moraes on the clavinet, a blue-eyed soul
singing by Joel D'Souza and Alister Almeida, vocal recitals by
Edwiz Davidson, Lavita D'Souza, and Adeline D'Souza, and a heartwarming
violin étude by a 10-year-old Josh were some of the other
captivating segments of the event. It was a much-deserved break from the usual
cacophony and clamor of the world and balm to many wearied ears.

Credits

Thanks to Fr Leon
Mascarenhas, Fr Vernon Aguiar, the chief guest-Mr Richard Pinto-the ex-choir
conductor who relentlessly worked hard and contributed to sacred music in the
parish, STAY United youth community, the wonderful performers and their supportive
parents, Rohan Fernandes for the projector, Jancy Dharmaraj for her soulful
anchoring, and the Holy Family High School management for the required
permissions.

Our Sponsors

Roseline Concepts for
the presents and flowers for the performers, ELD for lights, Sound.com for
sound, and a well-wisher for refreshments.